Significat (Anglès)

  1. approximately
  2. for instance
  3. by any chance, possibly
  4. (modal) really; expresses surprise or the expectation of a negative answer

Freqüència

A1
Dialectes

Cantó de Friburg

Cantó de Friburg

eppa

Cantó de Friburg

Cantó de Friburg

öbe

Argòvia

Argòvia

öppe

Basilea-Camp

Basilea-Camp

emänd

Basilea-Camp

Basilea-Camp

eppe

Cantó de Zuric

Cantó de Zuric

öppe

Appenzell Inner-Rhoden

Appenzell Inner-Rhoden

öppe

Basilea-Camp

Basilea-Camp

ächt

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈɛtva/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle High German etwā, contraction of etewā (also eteswā), from Old High German edde(s)hwār (“somewhere”). For the first component compare etlich, etwas; the second is wo (“where”). A related formation was Middle High German ete(s)wanne, in which the second component is wann (“when”). It yielded modern etwan, which was displaced by the 19th century.

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